Airport Drive (Airport Connection Road) is Victoria's shortest declared freeway at 1.5 km long. Its current purpose is to act as an access road between the industrial parks of Tullamarine/Melbourne Airport and the Western Ring Road, with provisions made for a future extension north to Melrose Drive.

Airport Drive was constructed as part of the Western Ring Road project, with funding provided by the federal government. Construction was completed by May 1997 and the road was opened at the same time as the Tullamarine Freeway to Calder Freeway section of the Western Ring Road[2].

The freeway at its opening was declared as 'Airport Drive' and classified as a 'Freeway Local Access Road'. By the time the Road Management Act 2004 came into effect in 2004, Airport Drive’s declared name was renamed to 'Airport Connection Road', with ‘Airport Drive’ retained as its local name to which is used on signs. In addition, the road was reclassified as a full 'freeway'.

VicRoads, as of 2008, has given no indication of plans to construct the northern section of Airport Drive between Sharps Road and Melrose Drive.